İstanbul mayoral election

Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK) announced do-over of Istanbul local elections on May 6 after it made deliberations on an appeal filed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which which wanted to annul and re-run the March 31 local elections in Istanbul, 36 days after the opposition's candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, won to become mayor of the country's largest city.

Turkey's election watchdog has begun deliberations on an appeal filed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which wants to annul and re-run the March 31 local elections in Istanbul, 36 days after the opposition's candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, won to become mayor of the country's largest city.

Binali Yıldırım, former Istanbul mayoral candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said that the Supreme Election Council (YSK) will have the final say on the party's pending appeal of election results.

Turkey's main opposition CHP's candidate in Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, called on the High Election Board (YSK) on April 2 to mandate him as elected mayor, after the ruling AKP objected to results that saw him earn a narrow victory over his rival Binali Yıldırım.

The hotly contested municipal elections in Istanbul will have to wait for the official announcement of the results by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) as both the government and the opposition have claimed victory, although initial results by the election watchdog show the latter's candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was ahead of the government's mayoral candidate, Binali Yıldırım, by around 25,000 vote

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and İYİ (Good) Party launched joint rallies on March 6 as part of their "Nation's Alliance" in two metropolitan municipalities for the upcoming local elections.

Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for İstanbul province Ekrem İmamoğlu pledged to offer at least 200,000 jobs in five years of time in the biggest metropolis of Turkey.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will hold joint rallies as part of their "People's Alliance" in three metropolises of Turkey for the upcoming local elections.

The Turkish Parliament is set to elect its new speaker in five days as the current head, Binali Yıldırım, has resigned from his post to run for Istanbul mayor in the upcoming March 31 municipal elections.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yıldırım has said he will leave his post on Feb. 18.